IC 2666
IC 2666
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0-a
348 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
108k ly
across
14.3
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 348 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2666 as it looked roughly 348 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 2661Lenticular4.3 million ly
apartIC 2769Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 643Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 2871Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 2742Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 3399Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartIC 2769Barred spiral13 million ly
apartIC 643Lenticular45 million ly
apartIC 2871Spiral48 million ly
apartIC 2742Spiral50 million ly
apartNGC 3399Elliptical50 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).